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Meagan Shokar of Canton
Township ismaking history.
A senior at Plymouth High
School, Shokar represented Girl
Scouts Heart of Michigan at the
national convention of Girl Scouts
of the USA in Houston, TX, last
month.
Shokar served with girl dele-
gates from across the country at
the National Council Session and
52nd Convention. Along with all of
the adult delegates, shewas able to
vote on proposals brought before
the general assembly.
Shokar is currently a Girl Scout
Ambassador and is working on her
community service project to earn
the Girl Scout Gold Award, the
highest achievement in Girl
Scouting. She plans to organize a
women's conference to achieve the
Gold Award. Shokar is also presi-
dent of theNational Honor Society
at her school and is team captain
ofMockTrial.
“I love representing Girl Scouts
and talking about all of the great
things that you can do in Girl
Scouts,” she said. “I would also
like to learn more about the gov-
ernment of Girl Scouts of the
USA.”
Delegates, alternates and con-
vention atten-
dees heard
Katie Couric,
special corre-
spondent for
ABC News, and
Robin Roberts,
co-anchor of
Good Morning
America.
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Canton resident honored for philanthropic work
Canton Township resident Carla
O'Malley was honored recently for
her long philanthropic career.
O'Malley, executive director and
president of the Oakwood
Healthcare Foundation, received
the John S. Lore Outstanding
Fundraising Executive Award from
The Association of Fundraising
Professionals (AFP) Greater
Detroit Chapter. She received the
award at the 20th Annual National
PhilanthropyDayDinnerNov. 17.
Each year, the Dr. John S. Lore
Award for Outstanding Fundraising
Executive is presented to a
fundraising executive who prac-
tices his/her profession in an exem-
plary manner, an Oakwood
spokesman said. The recipient
must have 10 years of professional
fundraising experience, evidence
of quality of leadership, and a com-
mitment to fundraising and philan-
thropy through volunteer service
and financial support of non-profit
organizations.
Renee J. Lewis, executive direc-
tor of the AFP, said O'Malley is all
that, andmore.
“Her unique blend of business,
clinical, and fundraising experi-
ence gives her a broad-based per-
spective and has helped her to suc-
cessfully build a culture of philan-
thropy throughout Oakwood's
Foundation and the Oakwood
HealthcareSystem,” she said.
O'Malley has worked for the
Oakwood Healthcare System for
more than 30 years. She's served as
president and executive director of
the Oakwood Foundation, the phil-
anthropic arm of the healthcare
system, for 13 years. During that
time, she has successfully engaged
and inspiredOakwood's executives,
physicians, employees and volun-
teer teams to work together and
generate nearly $100 million for
capital projects, vital programs,
community outreach initiatives
and endowment funds, the
spokesman added.
She also mentors graduates
from the University of Michigan
and has created an internship pro-
gram at the foundation with the
purpose of introducing highly
skilled recent graduates to the
development profession.
“She is a most deserving recipi-
ent of this award,” saidLewis.
Every November National
Philanthropy Day (NPD) is
observed by more than 200 AFP
chapters across the country to rec-
ognize the great contributions of
philanthropy and those people
active in the philanthropic commu-
nity.
Carla O'Malley
Local Girl Scout goes ‘national’
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Big time
When Mayor Dave Bing
lit the 60-foot holiday
tree in downtown Detroit
last week, members of
the Michigan
Philharmonic were on
hand to provide musical
entertainment for the
thousands who crowd-
ed Campus Martius.
Among those from the
P l y m o u t h - b a s e d
orchestra who enter-
tained the crowds were
Mary Mackinnon and
David Denorest, who
had front row seats for
the tree lighting. Photo by
Dave Willett